Potential pitfalls in the process of commercializing university developed software

Author

Patti, Anthiony L. ; Lannes, Will ; Inozu, Bahadir ; Trammell, Mary Louise

Author_Institution

New Orleans Univ., LA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

123

Abstract

This article highlights some of the potential pitfalls that may be encountered when attempting to commercialize university-developed software technologies. The authors use a case study of a recent project that successfully transferred a university developed software product to a local firm. (The success of the product in the marketplace is not yet known). Several obstacles were encountered during the commercialization, any one of which could have completely halted the process. Their purpose for this article and presentation is to alert others to these potential problems and show how they were able to overcome them. The lessons learned should-help any company or university attempting to transfer technology

Keywords

product development; research and development management; software development management; technology transfer; R&D management; case study; license agreement; pitfalls; technology transfer; university-developed software commercialisation; university-industry cooperation; Commercialization; Databases; Fuel processing industries; Insurance; Laboratories; Marine vehicles; Research and development; Shipbuilding industry; Software maintenance; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Change Management and the New Industrial Revolution, 2001. IEMC '01 Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Albany, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7260-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMC.2001.960495

Filename

960495